Wooroolin QLD 4608
236 addresses · 38 streets
Maranoa Electorate › South Burnett LGA › Wooroolin · 169 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wooroolin is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 319 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kingaroy Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wooroolin itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 park
2 hospitals
1 post office
Getting around. Airport: Wondai Aerodrome, 15.2 km north-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 12.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 12.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.6% · Labour-force participation 61.2%
Population by age in Wooroolin
| 0-4 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 44 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 41 |
| 45-54 | 50 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 36 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Wooroolin
| House | 112 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wooroolin
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 45 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Wooroolin
| English | 150 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 126 |
| Irish | 41 |
| German | 39 |
| Scottish | 30 |
| Ancestry NS | 23 |
Housing tenure in Wooroolin
| Owned | 45 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 40 |
| Rented | 22 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Wooroolin
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 47 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Wooroolin
| Car | 110 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Wooroolin
| New Zealand | 7 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Wooroolin
| Arabic | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,689 bird observations recorded near Wooroolin — most often seen:
- Galah (195)
- Torresian Crow (138)
- Pacific Black Duck (132)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (118)
- Magpie-lark (116)
- Willie Wagtail (112)
- Superb Fairy-wren (110)
- Black Swan (109)
- Eurasian Coot (106)
- Grey Teal (105)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (103)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (99)
- Australian Magpie (99)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wooroolin
- Dusky Moorhen (87)
- Great Egret (84)
- Little Pied Cormorant (78)
- Pied Currawong (78)
- Australasian Grebe (72)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (70)
- Little Corella (67)
- Straw-necked Ibis (66)
- Striated Pardalote (66)
- Australasian Darter (64)
- Crested Pigeon (62)
- Sacred Kingfisher (61)
- Australian White Ibis (59)
- Dollarbird (59)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (59)
- Intermediate Egret (58)
- Brown Honeyeater (57)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Wooroolin:
- Memerambi (5.3 km)
- Tingoora (5.8 km)
- Corndale (8.4 km)
- Charlestown (8.5 km)
- Cushnie (9.5 km)
- Crawford (10.1 km)
- Greenview (11.2 km)
- Gordonbrook (11.9 km)
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Streets
- Alexander Street (34)
- Allens Road (1)
- Andrew Street (12)
- Armstrongs Road (1)
- Bonds Road (1)
- Bunya Highway (8)
- Cants Road (7)
- Centenary Road (2)
- Denmark Road (2)
- East Wooroolin Road (7)
- Frederick Street (20)
- Gatacre Street (2)
- Gustafsons Road (2)
- Hoggs Road (4)
- Hunsleys Road (1)
- Jacobsons Road (2)
- Kate Street (21)
- Klass & Townes Road (2)
- Klass And Townes Road (3)
- Logans Road (2)
- Matilda Street (3)
- Oakdean Road (2)
- Obels Road (1)
- Ogilvys Road (2)
- Parallel Road (3)
- Quarry Road (2)
- Rackemanns Road (5)
- Raineys Road (1)
- Recreation Drive (11)
- Ritchings Road (1)
- Shailers Road (1)
- Short Street (21)
- Sports Ground Road (3)
- Transmitter Road (6)
- Wellers Road (8)
- West Wooroolin Road (27)
- Woods Road (4)
- Youngs Road (1)
